Blocking window with garden structure

twopenny

Reminds me of the other thread about how to get privacy in the garden - the advice generally thought good was to put some personal privacy withing the bounds.

My gasp of astonishment was over ' wall which is about 30cm away from the boundary line'.

Is this an extension? It's almighty close to their garden if it overlooks it. Normally there would be a boundary fence that would reach the height of the normal window in a living room preventing you overlooking your neighbours garden

chris.lewis

Yes it is an extension that replaced a conservatory of the same footprint. The extension is less than a year old. 

Does this mean the right to light doesn’t apply?

TELLIT01

How old is the property?  I was reading an article which was saying there is a right to light if the property has received daylight for at least 20 years.

chris.lewis

Property was built in 2007 so not 20 years yet!

FaceHead

It doesn't sound like there is anything you can do about this. Rights to light doesn't apply, and even then they probably aren't going to massively restrict your daylight. 

Building a pergola, trellice and some nice plants seems decent of them - you'll keep a decent amount of light, you wont have to look at their washing in the garden, and they won't have you looking at their washing. Seems like a win all round.

If they were less considerate, they could plonk a 2.5m shed hard up to the boundary